Google Senior Software Engineer interview questions
Updated May 28, 2026
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Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 42 days.
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One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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Smooth. Interesting interviews. I glad to pass it. Like the process. Waiting offer while google match me with a team. Results are hold for 18 months.
5 technical interviews with behavioral.
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Question 1
If your teammate did a bad job and you are the manager of him and need to tell him about it.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA)
Interview
Only made it to the first round. Mainly talked to a recruiter who shared some basic information, but then I had to record a short video to be shared. I didn't get a clear sense of what the rest of the interview process would be or the criteria for doing well on it.
the interviews seemed to take an instant dislike to me which set the stage for the car crash that followed. was asked to explain how an LLM works even though the role has nothing to do with AI